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Mr South 1966

Mr South 1966 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Nick Spano.

Year
1966
Date
Jan 1, 1966
Location
USA
Federation
AAU
Divisions
1
Competitors
13

Results by Division

Division Winner Runner-up
Men's Open Bodybuilding Nick Spano Ray Timmons
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Mr South 1966

Nick Spano Champion

1966 USA Dec 31, 1965

Mr South 1966 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Nick Spano.

Medium confidence Historical/community source Updated August 8, 2026 Accurate?

Defending champion Ray Routledge, who won in 1956, did not return.

Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding

1st
Nick Spano
Nick Spano
United States
2nd
Ray Timmons
United States
3rd
Gary Simpson
United States

Mr South 1966 contested 1 division across 13 athletes. Nick Spano took Men's Open Bodybuilding. No round scores were published for this event, so placings are shown without them.

Men's Open Bodybuilding

Place Athlete Country
1st Nick Spano United States
2nd Ray Timmons United States
3rd Gary Simpson United States
4th Richard Prumer United States
5th Paul Crain United States
6th Jerry Earnest United States
7th Buford Smith United States
8th Chandler Cook United States
9th Leo Gartland United States
10th Bobby Myers (1) United States
11th Randall Collins United States
12th Ronnie Drolet United States
13th Bob Doyle United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Complete Results updated March 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory

This edition in context

Competitors
13
Divisions
1
Size rank
1 of 6

The biggest edition on record, across 6 we hold.

Past winners of this event

Winner of the headline division for each edition of this event on record.
Year Winner Division
1972 James Allen (1) Open
1970 Ellington Darden Open
1969 Terry Moore Open
1966 Nick Spano Open
1956 Ray Routledge Open
1951 Stan Stanczyk Open

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What this page holds

The placings as recorded, and nothing past them

This page lists the divisions and finishing order held for this contest, with the source named on it wherever one was recorded. It reports what was published. It does not re-judge the show, and it does not reconcile disagreements between sources.

  • Score and bodyweight columns appear only for divisions where those figures exist in the data. A division without them was recorded as placings only, not as a show that gave no scores.
  • Where the record has two athletes sharing a place, both are listed. A tie is never broken to produce a single winner.
  • Venue, federation, date and competitor count show only when the source supplied them. A field left out means nothing was sourced for it, never a zero.
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